Channeling device



No. 622,3). Patented Apr. 4, I899.

E. E. WINKLEY 5. F. L. ALLEY.

CHANNELING DEVICE.

(Application filed. Sept. 18, 1896. Renewed Dec. 16, 1897.]

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NiTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERASTUS E. WINKLEY AND FREDERICK L. ALLEY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHANNELING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,310, dated April 4,1899.

Application filed September 18, 1896. Renewed December 16, 1897. SerialNo. 662,216. (No model) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ERASTUS E. WINKLEY and FREDERICK L. ALLEY, citizensof the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inChanneling Devices; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The present invention relates to a channeling device or tool, and moreparticularly to a hand channeling-tool adapted to be grasped in the handof the operator while it is operating to cut a channel or groove in thesolo.

The object of the invention is to provide a tool or device by which achannel or groove can be readily and accurately cut in the sur face ofthe outsole after the same has been temporarily secured in. place on theupper and one in which the position of said channel relative to the edgeof the sole can be accurately determined and placed by a suitable gageunder the control of the operator while cutting said channel.

A further object is to produce a channeling-tool in which theknife-carrier will automatically accommodate itself to soles of varyipgthickness.

To this end the present invention consists of the devices andcombination of devices which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 shows the tool in side elevation.

Fig. 2 shows the tool looking toward the left in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3shows a detail of the adjustable gage.

In the drawings, 1 represents a suitable stock or handle,which isadapted to be grasped by the hand of the operator to manipulate thedevice. At the lower end of the handle 1 is a projected head or boss 2,within which is a guideway 3, in which is mounted for a vertical orlongitudinal adjustment a block or carrier 4, carrying a gage or guide5. The gage or guide 5 is preferably a disk or wheel having asuitably-shaped edge to engage the crease between the upper and welt,and it is mounted to be freely revoluble upon a stud or screw 6, fixedin an extension of the block or carrier 4. The block or carrier 4 isvertically or longitudinally adjustable in the guideway 3 to adjust therelative longitudinal position of the guide or gage 5 and thechanneling-knife in order to position the channel cut in the solerelatively to the edge of the sole.

The adjusting means is preferably of such a character that theadjustment may be easily and quickly performed by the operator whilechanneling the sole in order that the position of the channel may beplaced at different distances from the edge of the sole at variouspoints therein--for exam ple,closer to the edge around the fore partthan at the shank.

For the I purpose of securing the desired ready adjustment of the gageor guide 5 the head 4, which carries the same, is mounted upon a rod 7,which extends up through the stock or handle 1 and within which it isadapted to have a free longitudinal movement. At its upper end the rod 7is connected to a push piece or'head 8, which has a depending pin 9,fitting in an aperture 10 in the upper end of the stock or handle 1,which guides the movements thereof and prevents any turning or rotarymovement of the head 8 and rod 7. The rod 7 is normally held in itsextreme upper position by a spring 11, which surrounds the same andwhich is contained within arecess 12 in the stock or handle 1 and whichat its upper end bears against a collar or enlargement 13 upon the rod7, as shown in dotted lines, Figs. 1 and 2.

To limit and control the upward movement of the block or carrier 4 andgage or guide 5, a set-screw 14 is tapped into the head 2 in position tobear at its-end upon the block or carrier 4.

The above-suggested arrangement is such that the spring 11 will raisethe rod 7, block or carrier 4, and gage or guide 5 to a point determinedby the position of the stop 14, and when thus raised the relativelongitudinal position of the gage and knife is such that the channelwill be placed in the sole some distance from the edge, and by'pressingupon the head 8 and depressing rod 7 against the tension of spring 11the block or carrier 4 and gage or guide 5 thereon are adjusted tochange the relative longitudinal position of the knife and gage, andthus bring the channel nearer the edge of the sole.

The channeling-knife 15 may be of the usual and ordinary construction,and it is secured to the carrier 16 by any suitable means, such as theclamping-plate 17 and screw 18.

In order that the channeling-knife may operate upon soles of differentthickness, the carrier 16 is pivoted upon a stud 20 within a recess 19in thestock or handle 1 in such a manner that it is free to swing towardand from the gage or guide 5, it being normally swung toward said gageby a spring 21, (see dotted lines, Fig. 1,) which is fitted in a bearing22 and which bears against the swinging knife-carrier 16. The bearing 22is preferably formed separately from the stock or handle 1 and securedthereto by screws 23, which take into cars or lugs 21 upon said bearing22 and the stock or handle 1.

In order that the gage or guide 5 may have a sufficient vertical orlongitudinal movement, a notch or recess 26 is formed in the lower partof the stock or handle 1.

In the operation of the device the handle or stock is grasped by theoperator and the edge of the sole to be channeled is inserted betweenthe knife-carrier 16 and the gage or guide 5, the gage or guide beinginserted in the crease between the upper and welt. The operator thenmoves the device around the edge of the sole, and the spring 21 causesthe knife-carrier 16- to swing on its pivot and the knife 15 to cut intoand raise a channel upon the surface of the sole, the gage or guide 5acting to properly direct the tool in making the out.

If it is desired to vary the position of the cut with relation to theedge of the sole, as before explained, a downward pressure of the thumbupon the head 8 will cause the gage or guide to move, and thus lift thechannelingcutter 15, which will be brought nearer the edge of the sole.1

Having thus described the construction of our device and its mode ofoperation,we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States 1. In a channeling-tool, the combination with a stock orhandle, of a knife-holder carried thereby, a channeling-knife mounted insaid knife-holder, a rod arranged to slide in said stock or handle, acrease gage or guide carried by said rod and means under the control ofthe operator to actuate said slide-rod to project and retract said gageor guide toward or away from the channeling-knife, and a stop to adjustthe normal position of said gage, substantially as described.

2. In a channeling-tool, the combination with a stock or handle, and asuitable gage or guide mounted thereon, of a channelingknife mountedupon a pivoted spring-com trolled support, substantially as described.

3. In a channeling-tool, the combination with a stock or handle carryinga suitable gage or guide, of a knife-carrier pivotallysupported thereinfor a movement toward and from the said gage or guide, substantially asdescribed.

4:. In a channeling-tool, the combination with a rotary disk, to engagethe crease between the upper and welt, a spring-sustained support uponwhich said disk is mounted and which is normally held in a retractedposition, means to depress said support to advance said disk, and aknife-support, movable toward and from said disk, and a spring actingupon said knife-support, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ERAST'US E. VINKLEY. FREDERICK L. ALLEY. Witnesses:

T. HART ANDERSON, A. E. WHYTE.

